con man

Example Sentences

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Before you got twisted up by this lying con man?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

This is precisely what a con man would say to a mark.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

In its famous showstopper, “Ya Got Trouble,” con man Harold Hill warns the River City townsfolk about supposed dens of immorality, and the children notice Matty in the crowd, holding a bundle.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

Puech, the 82-year-old fifth-generation heir to one of Europe’s most iconic and profitable businesses, testified that Freymond “turned out to be a con man, even a gangster.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

“Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day.”

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger